
How art can challenge election-time rhetoric about immigrants
A scholar at SFU says that some people with immigration experience repeatedly face demands to demonstrate their legitimacy to the country.

A scholar at SFU says that some people with immigration experience repeatedly face demands to demonstrate their legitimacy to the country.

L’artiste de Vancouver Bettina Matzkuhn sait que les textiles ont une histoire longue d’incorporer des histoires. Elle continue cette tradition avec les fibres qu’elle utilise dans sa broderie.

East Vancouver-based Matzkuhn feels that when she’s creating a landscape, she’s actually making a portrait of a character.

温哥华艺术家 Bettina Matzkuhn 深知纺织品在讲故事方面有着悠久的历史。她透过在刺绣中使用纤维延续了这一传统。「我不想只是制造出令人愉悦且有趣的产品,」Matzkuhn 在 Zoom 上告诉 Pancouver。「虽然这是我工作的一部分。但作品也必须传达出某种深层的概念。」

溫哥華藝術家 Bettina Matzkuhn 深知紡織品在講故事方面有著悠久的歷史。她透過在刺繡中使用纖維延續了這一傳統。「我不想只是製造出令人愉悅且有趣的產品,」Matzkuhn 在 Zoom 上告訴 Pancouver。「雖然這是我工作的一部分。但作品也必須傳達出某種深層的概念。」





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This project is funded in part by the Government of Canada.
The Society of We Are Canadians Too created Pancouver to foster greater appreciation for underrepresented artistic communities. A rising tide of understanding lifts all of us.
We would like to acknowledge that we are gathered on the traditional and unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. With this acknowledgement, we thank the Indigenous peoples who still live on and care for this land.
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